If nothing is changed at the last minute, a gang of former agitators of Ogoni descent has pledged to shut down the Port Harcourt Refining Company and other international companies in Eleme, Rivers State due to the poor condition of the East-West Road. The Indorama Eleme Petro-Chemical Company, the Notorea Fertiliser Company, among other businesses, were identified by the former agitators operating under the banner of Ogoni Living Martyrs as more businesses in the area...
Using a sledgehammer, a security guard named Samuel Adeniyi is accused of hitting his lover Morolake Sunday in the head in the Lekki Phase 1 neighbourhood of Lagos State. He was remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre on Monday. After Adeniyi, 33, appeared in court on one count of murder, Magistrate Patrick Nwaka of the Yaba Magistrate’s Court issued an order remanding him. The incident happened on August 10, 2023, at No. 33, Audu Ekpa...
In the early hours of Monday, armed men shot and killed Wilson, a member of the vigilante group at the First Marine Gate quarters in the Delta State local government of Warri South. The community vigilante team was engaged in a gunfight by the assailants, and some of the team’s members fled as a result of the attackers’ greater weaponry. As a result, Wilson, one of the vigilantes, was killed by the invaders’ guns. Although...
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Katsina on Sunday invalidated two House of Representatives elections won by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates due to the falsification of primary school transcripts. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was directed by the Tribunal to conduct a supplementary election in some polling units where polls were not held during the election on February 25 to decide the winner. The Tribunal also declared two elections inconclusive. In its...
The police in Edo State have arrested a 21-year-old youth, Salami Anedu, for allegedly killing his wife, Esther Friday, 21, following a misunderstanding over food. The suspect was paraded by the Edo State Police Command alongside other suspects arrested for various crimes in the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said Anedu was arrested on August 30 by men from the Fugar Police Division. He said one Aluaye Momoh reported to...
The police in Ogun State have arrested two women, identified simply as Mercy and Itoro, for alleged human trafficking. The suspects were alleged to have trafficked a lady, identified as Veronica, to Libya for prostitution. City Round gathered that the Iperu Remo Divisional Police Officer, CSP Femi Osowe, led a team of policemen to effect the arrest of the suspects on Tuesday, August 31, 2023. The suspects allegedly belonged to a syndicate that exploited ladies...
Organization for Community Civic Engagement of Nigeria (OCCEN) has condemned the action of a group of retired military generals threatening the elected government of president Tinubu with coup scare. The Executive Director, OCCEN – Nigeria, Abdulrazaq Alkali stressed this in a statement on Saturday. Alkali noted that the ruling by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) led by 5-member team of justices from the appeal court and high courts upholding the electoral victory of the...
One hundred days is a very short time for any meaningful assessment of governance. But if an administrator hits the ground running from the first day in office, reasonable milestones can be identified within the period. Prior to his inauguration as Governor of Delta State, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori was perceived by a section of the populace as incompetent. This perception was not unconnected to the tag of ‘street credibility’ attached to him during the campaigns...
The Nigerian troops of ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ North East, have killed six Boko Haram terrorists after a raid on their camp in the fringes of Sambisa Forest in Borno State. It was gathered that the terrorists were eliminated during a fighting patrol by the troops in conjunction with the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and HYBRID forces on September 7, 2023, at Garin Ba’aba in Bama Local Government Area of the state. Bama is located...
The Nigerian Army says its operatives and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in synergy with TANTITA Security Services have uncovered and destroyed two revamped oil bunkering camps in Egbema West, Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement, said the troops completely shut down the illegal refining site containing 44 drums, three reservoirs of estimated 30,000 litres capacity of illegally refined...
